Cancer Institute

About the Institute

The Cancer Institute at Medanta was established in 2010 with a vision of being a one-stop destination for solutions to all cancer patients. The Medanta Cancer Institute comprises the Division of Medical and Haemato Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology and multiple organ-specific surgical canc...

The Cancer Institute at Medanta was established in 2010 with a vision of being a one-stop destination for solutions to all cancer patients. The Medanta Cancer Institute comprises the Division of Medical and Haemato Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology and multiple organ-specific surgical cancer divisions including Breast Services and Head and Neck Oncology. Our highly experienced and trained oncologists work-in-coordination with the surgeons across departments and specialties to provide supreme care to the patient. With high-end technologies such as CyberKnife VSI Robotic Radiosurgery, VMAT, IGRT, Tomotheraphy and other high end diagnostic and imaging equipment, our doctors leave no stone unturned to make sure they are giving our patients the best possible treatment available anywhere in the world.

A word from our leaders

Dr. Ashok Kumar Vaid

Chairman

Medical and Haemato Oncology

Delivery of highest quality cancer care in a safe environment and based on the latest advances in diagnostic and therapeutic research shall remain a lasting goal of the Department of Medical and Haemato Oncology. Together we shall create a multifaceted department which promotes oncology education and cutting edge research in partnership with institutes of repute.”

Dr. Tejinder Kataria

Chairperson

Radiation Oncology

Medanta Cancer Institute is committed to provide best-in-class precision radiation therapy. The technology and equipment being commissioned are comparable to that available in the most advanced centers across the globe. A meticulous planning with accurate delivery is aimed to ensure optimal patient treatment with a human touch. Meticulous planning with accurate delivery is aimed to ensure optimal patient treatment with a human touch."

Dr. Rajeev Agarwal

Director

Breast Services

For generations the Breast Services team has been the focal point of great emotions, scientific investigations and diagnostic innovations. At Medanta, we provide total solutions to the management of Breast Cancer by a team of doctors in all specialities, psychological counsellor, lymphedema management as well as patient and family participation in decesion making."

What we treat?

At Medanta Cancer Institute, we work-in-coordination with our specialties of Medical and Haemato-Oncology, Radiation Oncology and Surgical Oncology to provide the patients with a one-stop solution for the disease.

At Medanta Cancer Institute, we work-in-coordination with our specialties of Medical and Haemato-Oncology, Radiation Oncology and Surgical Oncology to provide the patients with a one-stop solution for the disease.

A brain tumour is a growth of cells in the brain that multiplies in an abnormal and uncontrollable way. They are two main types of brain tumour, non-cancerous and cancerous tumours. The symptoms of a brain tumour include severe headaches, seizures, persistent nausea, or paralysis/ progressive weakness on one side of the body. At Medanta, we use the latest technology such as Cyberknife VSI to treat any types of cancer robotically.

Irregular growth of cells in the prostate gland of the patient leads to prostate cancer. Medanta specializes in treating the prostate cancer robotically. Prostate cancer can be treated by methods such as robotic surgery, laparoscopic prostatectomy and incisions.

Liver cancer, or hepatocellular carcinoma, is one of the deadliest cancers known. It involves growth of cancerous cells called hepatocytes inside the liver. The cancer cells are known to spread from one body part to another. In case of liver cancer, it is not necessary that the cancerous cells are restricted to the liver only.

A malignant tumour that develops in the cells of the lungs is known as lung cancer. It can also spread to other parts of the body. Sometimes, cells in the lung change and stop growing. This is the indication of the beginning of tumours. Tumours are not always cancerous, but changes in lung cells can cause cancer.

Breast Cancer is the most common invasive cancer in females worldwide. The causes of breast cancer can be age, genetics and dense breast tissue. We have a special Breast Services team at Medanta which uses treatments like mastectomy, radiation therapy, and lumpectomy to treat breast cancer.

Our holistic approach to treat you

Medanta, through its research, combines traditional and modern forms of treatment and medication to provide the best medical services at affordable prices. Backed up with the unique and latest technologies such as CyberKnife VSI, Tomotherapy and o...

Medanta, through its research, combines traditional and modern forms of treatment and medication to provide the best medical services at affordable prices. Backed up with the unique and latest technologies such as CyberKnife VSI, Tomotherapy and other advanced diagnostic and treatment technologies, no kind of cancer can be left untreated by Medanta.

At Medanta, we believe in adopting a wholesome approach for every disease. Once the patient is bought to the hospital, our outstanding pool of doctors, scientists, and clinical researchers leave no stone unturned to defeat the disease.

Utilize cutting-edge technology

Cyberknife system is used for performing robotic radiosurgery. It is a robotic radiosurgery system which helps in handling the non-threatening tumours, malignant tumours, and other medical conditions. With the support of advanced technology, Cyberknife – available at Medanta – works as a detector to visualise the tumour, measure it with accuracy which helps the doctors to diagnose the problem and take necessary actions. A robotic arm is used in this technology to engage the radiation rays with any part of the body. A Lightweight Linear Accelerator, commonly abbreviated as LINAC, is involved with a Robotic arm, ensuring view from different angles.

It is the world's only integrated image-guided-intensity-modulated (IG-IMRT) delivery system. It permits helical radiation delivery that can treat tumours like medulloblastomas, acute lymphatic leukemias (Total Body Radiation) and bilateral breast cancer in a very short time. The dose to heart, lungs, and kidneys can be reduced to very low levels resulting in mitigation of acute and delayed radiation effects. Tomotherapy – is specially recommended for:

Megna-field radiotherapy in the form of total body, half body and total nodal irradiation

A cutting-edge technology in brachytherapy. The tumours that have a higher control with brachytherapy are Cancer Cervix, Endometrial Cancer, Oesophagus Cancer, Lung Cancer and Cholangiocarcinoma. The advanced dosimetry and standardized processes at Medanta Cancer Institute ensures that patients do not miss their treatment if one of the machines is under maintenance or repair. In case you have a breakdown or delay on your treatment units, we shall be ready to provide treatment to you patients to maintain continuity of care.

The Da Vinci Surgical System helps the surgeons operate through just a few small incisions. The Da Vinci system features a magnified 3D high- definition vision system and tiny wristed instruments that bend and rotate far greater than the human hand. Our cancer team at Medanta has used it for treating cancers in head and neck, brain, liver, and stomach.

VMAT delivers a precisely sculpted 3D dose distribution with a 360-degree rotation of the gantry in a single or multi-arc treatment. It also modulates the radiation for higher conformity while rotating the machine around the patient. It allows treatment delivery speed that is 4 times faster than traditional IMRT. At Medanta, it is used to treat head and neck, prostate and lung cancers keeping in mind patient’s comfort.

A dedicated system for non-invasive stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic radiotherapy (SRS and SRT), represents cutting-edge technology for treatments of the highest precision. Its X-ray-based localisation technology allows our physicians to localize tumors with sub-millimeter accuracy and to position patients automatically and with the highest degree of precision.

Image Guided Radio Therapy is a type of therapy which can shape the radiotherapy beams around the area of the cancer. Our doctors at Medanta have used this technology treat the cancers precisely and accurately. This reduces the side-effects of the treatment.

A positron emission tomography (PET) is a diagnostic test that allows the doctor to check for diseases in your body. The scan uses a special dye that has radioactive tracers. These tracers are injected into a vein in your arm. Your organs and tissues then absorb the tracer. When highlighted under a PET scanner, the tracers help your doctor to see how well your organs and tissues are working. The PET scan can measure blood flow, oxygen use, glucose metabolism (how your body uses sugar), and much more.

Medanta offers latest state-of-the-art diagnosis, by using 256 Slice CT, one of the latest technological advancements in the field of medical diagnosis. This is an innovative non-invasive imaging technique that is specifically used for all kinds of heart diseases and disorders, to obtain a complete 3-Dimensional visual representation of the heart and other organs, in as less as 5 seconds. This technology comes in especially handy for those who face difficulty in holding their breath and can be used to obtain cross-sectional images of internal organs horizontally and vertically, from multiple angles and dimensions.

Avail advanced treatment and procedures

A bone marrow transplant is a procedure to replace damaged or destroyed bone marrow with healthy bone marrow stem cells. Bone marrow transplant is used to treat cancers such as leukemia, lymphoma, myelodysplasia and multiple myeloma. A stem cell transplant is usually done after the radiation therapy is complete.

Bladder cancer begins when cells in urinary bladder start to grow uncontrollably. The type of radiation most often used to treat bladder cancer, known as external beam radiation therapy, focuses radiation from a source outside of the body on the cancer. Before your treatments start, your radiation team will take careful measurements to find the correct angles for aiming the radiation beams and the proper dose of radiation. This planning session, called simulation, usually includes getting imaging tests such as CT or MRI scans.

A radiation therapy regimen at Medanta usually consists of a specific number of treatments given over a set period of time. Before beginning radiation therapy for any type of head and neck cancer, patients are examined by an oncologic dentist or oral-oncologist. After the therapy, patients begin speech and swallowing therapy to prevent long term problems with speaking and eating.

Our team of neurologist, radiation oncologist, medical oncologist and endocrinologist are at your disposal to treat these sensitive tumours in the brain. The radiation team predetermines the correct angles of aiming the radiation beams and the proper dose of radiation. The technology used at Medanta to treat brain tumours include Cyberknife VSI, Integrated Brachytherapy Unit, Volumetric Arc therapy, SBRT/SRS and IGRT.

Radiation plays an important role in the treatment of thoracic tumors. During the last 10 years there have been several major advances in thoracic RT including the incorporation of concurrent chemotherapy and the application of conformal radiation-delivery techniques (eg, stereotactic RT, three-dimensional conformal RT, and intensity-modulated RT) that allow radiation dose escalation. Radiation as a local measure remains the definitive treatment of medically inoperable disease in NSCLC and part of a multimodality regimen for locally advanced NSCLC, limited stage SCLC, esophageal cancer, thymoma, and mesothelioma.

Organs of the abdomen include the stomach, small intestine, colon, liver, gallbladder, spleen and pancreas. Before your treatment starts, the radiation team will take careful measurements to determine the correct angles for aiming the radiation beams and the proper dose of radiation. Radiation therapy can be used to slow the growth and ease the symptoms of advance abdominal cancer.

The pelvis is either the lower part of the trunk of the human body between the abdomen and the thighs. Radiation therapy to the pelvis can be used to slow the growth and ease the symptoms of advanced pelvic cancer.

Tomotherapy combines an advanced form of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) with the accuracy of computed tomography (CT) scanning technology, all in one machine. Using in-built CT scanning to confirm the shape and position of the tumour before each treatment, Tomotherapy reduces radiation exposure to healthy tissues and organs.

Craniospinal irradiation is used for patients who have, or are at risk for, disseminated disease throughout the CNS that is not sufficiently responsive to chemotherapy (typically methotrexate). This includes:

Mastectomy is the removal of the whole breast. A simple or total mastectomy is appropriate for women with multiple or large areas of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and for women seeking prophylactic mastectomies — that is, breast removal in order to prevent any possibility of breast cancer occurring.

Breast Conservation Surgery is a less radical cancer surgery than mastectomy. Breast-conserving surgery is sometimes called lumpectomy, quadrantectomy, partial mastectomy, or segmental mastectomy. In this surgery, only the part of the breast containing the cancer is removed. The goal is to remove the cancer as well as some surrounding normal tissue. How much of the breast is removed depends on the size and location of the tumor and other factors.

Fibroadenomas are common benign tumors of the breast. They are made up of an overgrowth of both the glandular and supporting tissues of the breast. Most often found in women between the ages of 15 and 35, fibroadenomas are affected by women’s hormone levels and can grow larger during pregnancy or smaller after menopause. Whilst you are asleep a cut (incision) is made in the breast over the area where the fibroadenoma can be felt. Alternatively, the cut may be made around the areola or within the fold of the breast. The wound is closed with stitches or glue.

Why choose Medanta?

With an objective of converting the Medanta Cancer Institute to a centre of excellence and focusing on a “Patient First” approach Medanta has formed the Disease Management Group (DMG) approach to cancer care. In this approach for each type of cancer, a specific multidisciplinary group of specialists that includes medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgical oncologists, pathologists, radiologists and physiologists meet together in a tumour board setting to discuss about complex cases and debate the best possible course of treatment for the patient.

Disease Management Group (DMG) is the hallmark of oncology care at Medanta. DMG is an approach where for each type of cancer, a specific multidisciplinary group of specialists (including – medical oncologist, radiation oncologist, surgical oncologist) and a team of providers (physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, therapists and psychologists) collaborate and provide the best treatment modality to the patient. This DMG is supported by a Core Clinical Group (CCG) comprising of pathologists (molecular, genetic and chemical), nutritionists, rehabilitation experts, cyto-oncologists, nuclear medicine experts, palliative care specialists). The DMG is a core contact point for the patient and bridges inputs across medical disciplines and between areas of research devoted to specific types of cancer. Members of DMG meet frequently to discuss all the cases and to design and prioritise clinical protocols. These meetings allow members to ensure the best multidisciplinary care for patients.

Medanta – The Medicity is the only Cancer centre in India which has all types of advance radiation technologies for treating and diagnosing different types of cancers. The Institute has the ability to detect the smallest of tumours, facilitating early treatment. The availability of Cyberknife VSI, Tomotherapy, linear accelerators with VMAT/IGRT and Integrated Brachytherapy Unit ensures the complete bouquet of radiation delivery systems at Medanta-The Medicity. Any tumours of size 5 mm to 135 cm can be treated with complete confidence using these technologies. The advance treatment technologies that Medanta Cancer Institute uses includes: 1. Cyberknife VSI 2. Tomotherapy H-D 3. Linear Accelerators 4. Integrated Brachytherapy Unit (IBU)

Medanta Cancer Institute has organ-specific specialists and technology. Super-specialized experts across liver, brain, head and neck, lung, prostate, breast, female reproductive organs, and abdomen are available to ensure the right specialist treats the right type of cancer ensuring a greater experience and expertise for our patients. Our experts focus on maximising organ preservation while ensuring complete treatment of all cancers.

The institute works with the Ayurvedic medicine department at Medanta to provide holistic care combining the latest in modern medicine with Ayurvedic therapies to help manage the effects of cancer treatment and support cancer rehabilitation. The institute also engages physiologists, counsellors, dietitians and rehabilitation experts to ensure patients and their families receive complete care. Medanta also works with several cancer support groups to help our patients and families navigate the emotional effects of their disease and prepare for a healthier life after treatment.

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Success stories at Medanta

Read here how we managed to treat the complicated conditions of our patients and led them towards a happier life.

Courage Can Defeat Cancer

This is Prem Lata's story. A breast cancer patient with extremely poor prognosis. Watch how her strength to fight it, her husband's perseverance, and Medanta's world-class treatment miraculously cured her.

Sujaya Walia - Breast Cancer Survivor #CourageCanDefeatCancer

Here is the story of Mrs. Sujaya Walia, who has survived Breast Cancer with courage and the support of her family. She has now joined the Breast Cancer Support at Medanta - The Medicity. #CourageCanDefeatCancer

Mr. Subratu Sinha, Ranchi, India

"I had forgotten all the things that happened around a particular time and was not able to remember. The local doctors told us that this is happening because of the Sodium deficiency. Gradually, I lost all control over urine, stool, and could not sit and sleep as well. Then, we came to Medanta and met Dr. A.N. Jha. He thoroughly investigated the thing and performed a biopsy, and told us that I had 4th grade brain tumour. The doctor advised not to undergo the surgery, and the tumour was minimised with the radiation oncology. I am perfectly fine now. The credit goes to Medanta.”

Yash Mittal, India

Yash was suffering from a rare case of Heme Oxygenase 1 deficiency. Heme Oxygenase helps in breaking the haemoglobin into bilirubin which causes the yellowness. There have been just 5 children around the world with this problem. To treat this a Bone Marrow Transplant is conducted.

Mukesh Jha, India

Mukesh Jha went to a lot of hospitals before coming to Medanta, where he was diagnosed with Plasmacytoma. He found Medanta affordable and an institute which stands true to its name. He was treated by our Radiation Oncology team headed by Dr. Tejinder Kataria. Within 3 days of treatment Mukesh could move his hands and limbs easily with complete response.

Mr. Ashit Ranjan Ghosh, India

Mr. Ashit Ranjan Ghosh was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2009. He and his family had lost all his hopes, before reaching Medanta. At Medanta. he was treated by Dr. Tejinder Kataria and her team with the help of Cyberknife VSI and beat his cancer.

Dilip Rai, Nepal

Mr Dilip Rai from Nepal had severe back pain and he went to several hospitals, but no one could nail the problem. He came with his family to Medanta- The Medicity which was highly recommended to him by his friends from Nepal, Australia, America and Japan. Dr Kataraia nailed the problem as Sacrococcygeal Chordoma, a type of spinal tumor. He recommended an alternative treatment called Cyberknife instead of traditional surgery. Mr Rai’s condition improved remarkably over a period of one year and he can now bend , walk and his reflexes have improved vastly.

Sandesh Rai, Nepal

This young Nepali boy Sandesh Rai was diagnosed with Craniopharyngioma- a type of brain tumor. He had a loss of vision as well. They were referred to Medanta- The Medicity by Sir Gangaram Hospital. Dr. Kataria and Dr. Abhishek suggested Cyberknife. The boy has now recovered and is very happy with the results of the treatment.

Ali

"My problem started with a pain in my arm. When my parents took me for diagnosis, it was found that I have a tumour in my right hand. There was no treatment available in Afghanistan and my pain was increasing day by day. My parents decided to bring me to India for treatment. Here, we went to a few hospitals, but no doctor gave us any assurance. Then, we met Dr. Kataria, and he gave me CyberKnife treatment. Now I can move my arm freely and play with my friends. The credit goes to Medanta and Dr. Kataria.”

Research & Publications

Barriers to cure for children with cancer in India and strategies to improve outcomes: a report by the Indian pediatric hematology oncology group - Pediatr Hematol Oncol. , 2014 Click here for Publications Link